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Hey guys, co-founder of MobileWorks here. We were really inspired by the post from PG about acquiring users manually. We have done that before with the help of

by prayag 13y ago

Hey guys, co-founder of MobileWorks here. We were really inspired by the post from PG about acquiring users manually. We have done that before with the help of our crowd so it was a no-brainer to create this as a service. We have been testing this with a number of YC companies and the results have been phenomenal. We are happy to present it to the larger Hacker News community. Happy to answer any questions.

ZirconCode 13y ago
This looks amazing, especially for the "anti-social programmer" types. Or people with no experience in this region of work (ie. me) could easily use the data to learn. Is this service designed to be used from the very first, or only once the product has been rolling for a bit? Any experience with this? Also was hoping for a profit based pricing model but can't complain there.
- anandkulkarni 13y ago
  Thanks! Tech-savvy folks with great products and no salesforces have certainly been using us a lot, but we're also seeing more experienced and high-paid salespeople using us who just don't want to prospect on their own. To answer the question: we'll certainly be able to help you from day one, but it's a good idea to do some basic market research first -- you'll be spending money on paid user acquisition before you're confident that people will actually buy what you're offering. However, we can definitely help you experiment with researching new segments and types of customers, and it compares favorably against other kinds of acquisition channels in an early stage (Adwords, for example!) Where LeadGeni.us really shines is when you have a core group of users and you're ready to kick it up a notch and scale things out users -- we can get you conversations, but if your product is still nascent and changing, these may not be the users you want to talk with.
calcsam 13y ago
Question: do you use an offshore staff? If not, how can you charge only $3400/m for two dedicated team members? If so, clever!
- prayag 13y ago
  We have a combinator of off-shore and US based leadgeniuses. We divide the time based on what needs to be done and it comes to a net profit. It's more of finding out talented people everywhere in the world rather than divide them based on geographies.

by prayag 13y ago

ZirconCode 13y ago

This looks amazing, especially for the "anti-social programmer" types. Or people with no experience in this region of work (ie. me) could easily use the data to learn. Is this service designed to be used from the very first, or only once the product has been rolling for a bit? Any experience with this? Also was hoping for a profit based pricing model but can't complain there.

anandkulkarni 13y ago
Thanks! Tech-savvy folks with great products and no salesforces have certainly been using us a lot, but we're also seeing more experienced and high-paid salespeople using us who just don't want to prospect on their own. To answer the question: we'll certainly be able to help you from day one, but it's a good idea to do some basic market research first -- you'll be spending money on paid user acquisition before you're confident that people will actually buy what you're offering. However, we can definitely help you experiment with researching new segments and types of customers, and it compares favorably against other kinds of acquisition channels in an early stage (Adwords, for example!) Where LeadGeni.us really shines is when you have a core group of users and you're ready to kick it up a notch and scale things out users -- we can get you conversations, but if your product is still nascent and changing, these may not be the users you want to talk with.

calcsam 13y ago

Question: do you use an offshore staff? If not, how can you charge only $3400/m for two dedicated team members? If so, clever!

prayag 13y ago
We have a combinator of off-shore and US based leadgeniuses. We divide the time based on what needs to be done and it comes to a net profit. It's more of finding out talented people everywhere in the world rather than divide them based on geographies.